Abstract

The influence of the kind of evaluation feedback on the repeated result in two different tasks was examined; the senzomotoric one, and the creative thinking task. The experimental design 2x2 with four independent groups was used, where two kinds of evaluation feedback for two different tasks (independent variables) were varied and measured the effect in the first and the repeated measurement, as well as the attractiveness of the task (dependent variables). 105 candidates randomly devided into four independent groups were collectivelly tested, where two groups were performing the senzomotoric task, while the other two were performing the creative thinking task. Half of the randomly chosen candidates received a positive evaluation, and the other half a negative evaluation feedback about the achieved result. The differences between the results achieved in the first measurement and the results achieved after the feedback was given in the second measurement were tested using variance analysis with repeated measurements. The candidates who received a positive evaluation feedback achieved a greater improvement in the results in the repeated measurement, with respect to the candidates who received a negative evaluation feedback. The interaction between the number of measurements and the kind of the evaluation feedback while solving the senzomotoric task has been determined, in the meaning that positively evaluated candidates achieved a greater improvement in the repeated measurement result.